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Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/15/worlds-first-hybrid-solar-plant-almost-complete/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=b5VITM_ZKYjd4AbZ4pH-DA&amp;ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_rBVU1fKVAsK8Z_aPSCJEk1fTJg">concentrated solar power</a> (CSP) facility that <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/14/energy-breakthrough-storing-solar-power-with-salt/">uses molten salt</a> as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
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While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Molten salt concentrating power plant

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Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/15/worlds-first-hybrid-solar-plant-almost-complete/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=b5VITM_ZKYjd4AbZ4pH-DA&amp;ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_rBVU1fKVAsK8Z_aPSCJEk1fTJg">concentrated solar power</a> (CSP) facility that <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/14/energy-breakthrough-storing-solar-power-with-salt/">uses molten salt</a> as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/1-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141120"></a>
While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Molten salt concentrating power plant

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Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/15/worlds-first-hybrid-solar-plant-almost-complete/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=b5VITM_ZKYjd4AbZ4pH-DA&amp;ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_rBVU1fKVAsK8Z_aPSCJEk1fTJg">concentrated solar power</a> (CSP) facility that <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/14/energy-breakthrough-storing-solar-power-with-salt/">uses molten salt</a> as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/1-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141120"></a>
While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Molten salt concentrating power plant

<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/2-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141123"></a>
Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/15/worlds-first-hybrid-solar-plant-almost-complete/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=b5VITM_ZKYjd4AbZ4pH-DA&amp;ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_rBVU1fKVAsK8Z_aPSCJEk1fTJg">concentrated solar power</a> (CSP) facility that <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/14/energy-breakthrough-storing-solar-power-with-salt/">uses molten salt</a> as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/1-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141120"></a>
While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Molten salt concentrating power plant

<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/2-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141123"></a>
Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/15/worlds-first-hybrid-solar-plant-almost-complete/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=b5VITM_ZKYjd4AbZ4pH-DA&amp;ved=0CB8QzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_rBVU1fKVAsK8Z_aPSCJEk1fTJg">concentrated solar power</a> (CSP) facility that <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/14/energy-breakthrough-storing-solar-power-with-salt/">uses molten salt</a> as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
<a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/07/22/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/1-archimede/" rel="attachment wp-att-141120"></a>
While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-molten-salt-solar-plant-produces-power-at-night/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Molten salt concentrating power plant

Sicily has just announced the opening of the world's first concentrated solar power (CSP) facility that uses molten salt as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.
While photovoltaic solar panels work by directly producing electricity from sunlight, CSP plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and produce high temperatures in order to drive a turbine to generate electricity....